Ayatollah Sobhani

Shia Islam: Imam Jawād /29 Shia Islam: Imam Jawād /29 Imam Jawād Imam Muḥammad Taqī, better known as al-Al-Jawād (‘The Generous’), was born in Medina in 811 AD. He was killed by the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad in 835 AD. He was…

Shia Islam: Imam al-Riḍā /29 Shia Islam: Imam al-Riḍā /29  Imam al-Riḍā The eighth Shīʿa Imam, ʿAlī b. Mūsā al-Riḍā, was born in Medina in 765 AD. His parents were Imam Mūsā al-Kāẓim and Ṭāhira. He was given the epithet al-Riḍā…

Shia Islam: Imam al-Sādiq /27 Shia Islam: Imam al-Sādiq /27 Imam al-Sādiq Imam al-Sādiq, the sixth the Imam, was born in 702 AD in Medina. He passed away in 765 AD there and buried in Baqīʿ Cemetry. His mother was Umm Farwa…

Shia Islam: Imam al-Bāqir /26 Shia Islam: Imam al-Bāqir /26  Imam al-Bāqir Imam al-Bāqir, the son of Imam al-Sajjād, was born in Medina 676 AD and died in 743 in the same city. He was 36 when his father passed away. His mother…

Shia Islam: Imam Ḥusayn /24 Imam Ḥusayn The third Shīʿa Imam, Ḥusayn, was the second son of ʿAlī and Fāṭima. He was born in 626 AD. He was named in a ceremony similar to the one held for his elder brother Ḥasan in the presence…

Shia Islam: Imam Ḥasan/ 23 Imam Ḥasan Ḥasan, the first child of ʿAlī and Fāṭima, was born on March 4, 625 AD in Medina. His birth happened in the fasting month of Ramadan. The name Ḥasan was chosen by the Prophet. This name was not famous…

Shia Islam: Twelve Imams /21 Twelve Imams Adherents of Twelver Shi’ism, the largest branch of Shi’ism, are commonly referred to as Twelvers, derived from their belief in twelve divinely-ordained leaders, known as the Twelve…

Shia Islam: The Sealing of Prophethood and the Book of Fāṭima /20 The Sealing of Prophethood and the Book of Fāṭima Like other Islamic sects, the Imāmiyya believe that the Messenger of Islam is the last prophet to be ordained by God and…

Shia Islam: The Righteousness of the Prophet’s Companions /19 The Righteousness of the Prophet’s Companions The Companions of the Prophet, known in Arabic as the Ṣaḥāba, are those people who were with the Prophet, some of whom sacrificed…

Shia Islam: Wiping the feet in wuḍū/18 Shia Islam: Wiping the feet in wuḍū/18 Wiping the feet in wuḍūʾ Islamic jurists are divided about whether the believer must wash or wipe his feet when performing wuḍūʾ. Some of them say it is…